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If you attach the "patriarchal concept" aspects of virginity onto it, that's all on you.

All it is is a term indicating whether you've had sex or not. That's it.

You might as well be getting all uppity about the term "newbie". Trying to hide or get rid of a word won't change the fact that someone will have either had prior exposure to X thing, or not -- and whether or not you attach a term to such experience (or lack thereof), other people and prospective relationship partners will evaluate and weigh such experience (or lack thereof) accordingly to their own values. You can't put a stop to that, any more than you can't put a stop to employers not hiring you because of your lack of work experience.

I'm all for teaching kids not to place virginity on some kind of weird pedestal, but I don't feel sheltering them from the term entirely is the correct way to go about it.